Results of the parent-rated Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in 22,108 primary school students from 8 provinces of China.

作者：Xin Gao, Wenhui Shi, Yi Zhai, Liu He, Xiaoming Shi · 发表于：PubMed · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2013.06.005 · 被引用次数：29 · 研究领域：Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development、Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder、Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

BACKGROUND: A valid screening tool for behavioral and emotional problems in children and adolescents is needed to promote psychological wellbeing and to prevent mental disorders in China's children. AIM: Assess the use of the Chinese version of the internationally recognized Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) - which assesses emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems and prosocial behaviors - in a large sample of urban and rural children from different parts of China. METHODS: The Chinese version of the parent-reported SDQ was administered to legal guardians (primarily parents) of a stratified random sample of 22,108 primary school children 5 to 13 years of age from eight provinces in China. The association between SDQ scores and socio-demographic characteristics was assessed and the percentile cutoff scores for 'abnormal', 'borderline' and 'normal' results in China were compared with those for Japan and the United Kingdom. RESULTS: The internal consistency of the 4 of the 5 SDQ subscales were satisfactory but that for the 'peer relationships problems' subscale was quite poor (alpha=0.22). Guardians reported that boys were more likely than girls to have hyperactivity/inattention problems and that girls were more likely than boys to have problems with emotional symptoms. For both boys and girls hyperactivity/inattention problems decreased with age while peer relationship problems increased with age. Emotional sympto...